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One strategic decision being made by my hospital is to come up with creative ways to retain staff. There is a huge healthcare staffing issue throughout the country. One strategy to retain staff was to give retention bonuses out, with the understanding that employee would stay for a year after the bonus. Another strategic decision being made by my facility is block times for procedures and reporting utilization of those block times. By holding physicians accountable to 80 percent usage of their block time, it reinforces high volumes and ensures the department is being its most efficient.

By using a mathematical optimization model, one can represent his or her business as mathematical problems and adjust as is necessary depending on the company's current status (Rothberg, 2020). Optimization models are great because it functions as an objective, digital view of a business. Three characteristics of a business are included in these models, which include decision variables, constraints, and business objectives (Rothberg, 2020). These models are not solely mathematical. They take different decisions and external factors to help optimize current business structures. Especially in healthcare, which is ever evolving, using an optimization model can really help support management with its ability to change and grow with the business.

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Rothberg,E. (2020, August 24).How a mathematical optimization model can help your business deal with disruption. Forbes.https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/08/24/how-a-mathematical-optimization-model-can-help-your-business-deal-with-disruption/?sh=4925063b617b